Improvement in hand corn-planters



J. BE'ERS.

Hand Corn-Planter.

Patented June, 1875.

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NITED STATEs PATENT CEEIGE.

JOHN BEERS, OF GREENVILLE, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAND CORN-PLANTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 163,967, dated J une 1,1875; application filed March 13, 1ere.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J oHN BEERs, ofGreenville, in the county of Darke and State of Ohio, have invented anew and useful Machine for Planting Corn, called a Hand Gorn- Planter;77and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had to the annexed drawing making a part of the specification, inwhich- Figures l and 2 are side elevations of the device, representingthe two positions into which it is thrown by the operator in planting.Fig. 3 is a perspective view. Figs. 4 and 5 are sectional elevations,corresponding, respectively, to Figs. l and 2, so far as relates to theopen and closed position of the jaws. Fig. 6 is a rear elevation.

The remaining figures are detail views.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, ashereinafter described and claimed, for effecting the discharge of thecorn or other seed from the planter, and depositing it in the earth.

The body of the planter is an oblong rectangular box, a, b c, having ahandle, A, by which it is carried and operated. The upper portion .ofthe box constitutes a receivinghopper, B, having a lid, S, and aninclined bottom, E, while the lower portion is occupied by thc dischargehopper or chamber O. The seed-slide D traverses both chambers B O, andis provided with a notch, I, at a point contiguous to the diaphragm Fbetween the hoppers. A spring, B, is attached to the upper end of theslide, and a foot, L, to its lower end by means of the bent arms m.Aprojecting downwardly-inclined guard-plate, Gr, and trip-block K areattached to slide D within the chamber O, said parts Gr K beingseparated sufciently to permit' a certain play or extent of movement ofthe upper end of the plate H. The plate H is arranged diagonally, andpivoted at or near its middle to the xed arm or supporte. Anangle-plate, P, is attached to its lower end, and a corresponding one,P, to the bottom of side plate c of the planter. These" platesconstitute the nose Z of the planter, which penetrates the earth priorto each discharge of seed.

The operation is as follows: The hand of the operator being applied tohandle A, the lower end of the planter is thrown forward, as shown inFig. l, and as the operator makes his next step the weight of theplanter causes the nose Z to enter the earth, and as he continues toadvance, the block or foot L is pressed on the surface, so that itpushes up the slide D, which causes the block K to trip plate H and openthe jaws P P, as shown in Fig. 4, whereby a cavity is opened in theearth and the seed discharged into it. IVhen the planter is again thrownforward theslide is forced dow-n by the spring B, and the guard G actson thc plate-H and closes the jaws P P. This movement of the slide Dalso effects the transfer of seed from hopper B to chamber O, the notchor cavity I being iilled with seed when it passes above the cut-offbrush r, Figs. 8 and 9, attached to diaphragm F, and the quantity thusheld being carried down past the cut-off r when the slide moves down.Either the arms m of foot L or the guard G may be made the means ofarresting the upward movement of the seed-slide.

The notched seed-slide D, acted on by a spring, and having guard G,block K, and foot L, in combination with the pivoted plate H, carryingjaw P, and the seed-box, having corresponding jaw P, and the chambers B(l, separated by diaphragm F, all arranged as shown and described, tooperate as specified.

JOHN 'BEERS Witnesses:

DAVID BEERs, FRANCES GREEN.

